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D. 200 cost 330 coins just a century later. (...) the resulting fear and unrest further rocked life in the empire."(pg.166) the plague coming from China on the trade road diminished the already low number of Romans. (id.), and the transmutation of the capital of the empire to Constantinople was a sign of the weakness of the Roman world.
Another matter that contributed to the transformation and the decline of the Roman world was religion. At first Christians were persecuted, starting with Nero who set the precedent for their execution. (pg.177) "The relatively small number of Christians grew consistently thought the first centuries after the death of Jesus (...). The small but growing number would periodically come in conflict with the power of Rome."(pg.177). "Early Christians seemed to violate the traditional Roman social order by including the poor, slaves and women as equals in their congregations, but the more shocking accusations against them were never demonstrated" (id.) the emergence of Christianity and than the adoption of it as an official...
"The merging of a political and Christian empire irrevocably changed both Rome and Christianity."(pg.178)
As it was seen with over great civilizations, like the Greek or the Persian, the evolution of a world has a number of stages: its beginning, or birth, a period of flourishing, of expansion, becoming, growth, another period of mannerism and decadence, and a period of death, when nothing of the old world can be saved. In a way its downfall comes from within, it is prescribed in the very nature of its existence. So was the case of the Roman world, whose success brought with it its own destiny of downfall.
Sources:
New Testament, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 1-4
Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations," Book Four, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 5
Pliny the Younger and Trajan, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 6
Chapter 4-"Pride in Family and City," pg 117-150,
Chapter 5- "Territorial and Christian Empire" pg 151- 184
Sources:
New Testament, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 1-4
Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations," Book Four, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 5
Pliny the Younger and Trajan, Reading Guide HI 102, pg. 6
Chapter 4-"Pride in Family and City," pg 117-150,
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